Underplayed Gems

A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan (1999)

A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan cover
Developer
Artdink
Publisher
Artdink, Success
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Simulator

More by Artdink

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A calm, methodical management sim where progress unfolds gradually as you build and oversee a transcontinental rail network.

methodicallow-keymanagement-focusedpatientunhurriedlow intensitymodestniche appeal

About

Released in May 1999 in Japan for the PS1, this was a re-imagining of the first game's setting and objectives, using the 3D engine of A5.

Screenshots

A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan screenshot 1A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan screenshot 2A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan screenshot 3

More games like this

More by Artdink

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.